Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Evidence Gone in Officer's Rape Case

By Julie Bykowicz
Sun reporter
Originally published July 17, 2007
Crucial evidence in the rape case of a city police officer accused of assaulting a teenager last year is missing from the Baltimore Police Department's evidence control unit.
Officer William D. Welch's trial on charges of second-degree rape and misconduct in office is scheduled to begin in three weeks in Baltimore Circuit Court. But for more than two months, police have been unable to locate the confiscated clothing of Welch and the 16-year-old girl he is accused of assaulting inside a police station house, said Welch's defense attorney, Warren A. Brown.
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